Senate Panel Approves 2026 OVP Budget for Plenary Consideration

Senate panel clears OVP's P902.9-M budget in under an hour

Senate panel swiftly approves P902.9-million OVP budget for 2026, despite corruption allegations tied to confidential funds.

Senate sub-committee approves OVP’s P902.9M budget

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed P902.9 million 2026 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) was approved by the Senate finance sub-committee on Monday.It took only 30 minutes for the panel to give its approval after Vice President Sara Duterte defended her office’s budget.Senate Majority Leader Migz Zubiri jumped the gun on Duterte's allies in seeking the immediate approval of the OVP budget."It's a lean budget. Maybe we can have the…

Sara Duterte's 2026 P903-M budget gets swift Senate panel approval

MANILA, Philippines – In less than an hour, the Senate finance committee on Monday, September 29, swiftly approved the P903 million proposed 2026 budget of the Office of the Vice President. The senators present — mostly from the minority bloc and allies of Vice President Sara Duterte — raised no questions and instead expressed support for her budget, which came under congressional scrutiny in 2025 over alleged misuse of confidential funds. The s…

Senate panel swiftly OK’s OVP’s proposed 2026 budget

A Senate finance subcommittee on Monday approved the proposed P902.895 million budget of the Office of the Vice President for fiscal year 2026 in less than an hour.

Senate panel approves 2026 OVP budget for plenary consideration

MANILA, Philippines — The Senate finance committee on Monday approved the 2026 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) for plenary consideration. Vice President Sara Duterte appeared before the committee for a hearing on the proposed 2026 budget for her office, amounting to P902.895 million. Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri moved to approve the budget, citing courtesy to the OVP. Sen. Erwin Tulfo urged the committee to consider the P39 million c…

Senate panel OKs OVP's proposed 2026 budget

Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday showed up at the budget hearing of the Senate into her office's proposed 2026 budget.